When shopping for anything via reviews, whether it be electronics or even something as simple as lamps like the comic demonstrates, one negative review can spoil a lot of positive reviews. That hits home even more if the review is specific. This usually occurs because humans attach more weight to anecdotes and specific stories This comic points out the absurdity of paying attention to those reviews. The 2nd frame starts out normal and then proceeds to get more and more absurd all the way to the image text.

When shopping for anything via reviews, whether it be electronics or even something as simple as lamps like the comic demonstrates, one negative review can spoil a lot of positive reviews. That hits home even more if the review is specific. This usually occurs because humans attach more weight to anecdotes and specific stories This comic points out the absurdity of paying attention to those reviews. The 2nd frame starts out normal and then proceeds to get more and more absurd all the way to the image text.

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{{w|Franc}}s are units of currency formerly used in France and Switzerland; they have not seen much use since the adoption of the euro in 1999. Assuming Swiss francs, the price of the lamp is about US$1367 (at the quoted rate as of March 2013). For comparison, one can get a decent lamp at IKEA for only about US$15!

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{{w|Franc}}s are units of currency formerly used in France and Switzerland; they have not seen much use since the adoption of the euro in 1999. Assuming Swiss francs, the price of the artisan lamp is about US$1367 (at the quoted rate as of March 2013). For comparison, one can get a decent lamp at IKEA for only about US$15!

In the title text, {{w|Akkadian}} is an extinct {{w|Semitic language}} that was spoken in {{w|ancient Mesopotamia}}.

In the title text, {{w|Akkadian}} is an extinct {{w|Semitic language}} that was spoken in {{w|ancient Mesopotamia}}.

Revision as of 20:29, 8 March 2013

Title text: I plugged in this lamp and my dog went rigid, spoke a sentence of perfect Akkadian, and then was hurled sideways through the picture window. Even worse, it's one of those lamps where the switch is on the cord.

Explanation

When shopping for anything via reviews, whether it be electronics or even something as simple as lamps like the comic demonstrates, one negative review can spoil a lot of positive reviews. That hits home even more if the review is specific. This usually occurs because humans attach more weight to anecdotes and specific stories This comic points out the absurdity of paying attention to those reviews. The 2nd frame starts out normal and then proceeds to get more and more absurd all the way to the image text.

Francs are units of currency formerly used in France and Switzerland; they have not seen much use since the adoption of the euro in 1999. Assuming Swiss francs, the price of the artisan lamp is about US$1367 (at the quoted rate as of March 2013). For comparison, one can get a decent lamp at IKEA for only about US$15!

Discussion

Even better is when reviewers start talking about other products that they've used in the past, and you're suddenly investigating and comparing capacity, weight and compartment placement between 20-odd messenger bags. Davidy22[talk] 10:03, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

I do this too, but I mainly look for trends in the bad reviews (DOA, Stopped working after a few months, etc), rather then one bad review spoiling a large number of positive ones. 173.245.55.66 16:55, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

The title text seems to refer to some horror movie. Arifsaha (talk) 19:25, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

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